[The Clockwork Man] Missing dependency: libidn

steamclosed reviewed3rd party game

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#284 · opened 2012-12-22 by elkangaroo · updated 2013-01-19 · 5 comments · github

Eelkangaroo 2012-12-22 github

When starting the game, the following error occurs:

error while loading shared libraries: libidn.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Installing libidn fixes the problem.

e.g. on Arch Linux I had to install: lib32-libidn

The lib should be bundled with the game!

Mmbilker 2012-12-22 github

Steam is only officially supported on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and Steam (or the game) may not know which distro of Linux you are running.

Eelkangaroo 2012-12-23 github

Yes I am aware of this, I just mentioned Arch Linux as an example (on how to install the missing lib).

I edited the issue description to be more precise. The point is, the lib should be bundled with the game, that depends on it.

Mmbilker 2012-12-25 github

There would be many more problems if the lib was bundled with the game, dependency hell.

Eelkangaroo 2012-12-27 github

Other games bundle their required libs, I don't see how this would leed to problems. They will not be installed on the system, but loaded from the game folder.

Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2013-01-19 github

This bug was closed because the issue concerns the game and not the Steam client. Please contact the game developer on their official website with this information.

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